Table 2. Sources of data for fitting the NiSP model in which pathogen types, clones, or strains are assumed to be epidemiologically interchangeable.
The data sets include human papillomavirus [22], anther smut (M. violaceum) [45], B. afzelii on bank voles [46], and malaria (P. vivax) [47]. The underlying data for this table can be found in S1 Data.
| Observed counts, Ok | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathogens with n distinct types, strains, or clones | n | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | N |
| Human papillomavirus | 25 | 2,933 | 140 | 64 | 26 | 102 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 2 | - | 5,412 |
| Anther smut (M. violaceum) | 102 | 285 | 74 | 60 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 475 |
| B. afzelii on bank voles | 7 | 807 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 6 | - | - | - | 906 |
| Malaria (P. vivax) | 57 | 1,023 | 404 | 291 | 208 | 118 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2,117 |
Abbreviation: NiSP, Noninteracting Similar Pathogens